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Understanding My Heart - Answers UNDERSTANDING MY HEART - ANSWERS A TREE AND ITS FRUIT [READ] Key Scripture – Luke 6:43-45 “For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.” I. [read] WHY DO I DO WHAT I DO? Life consists of a thousand little moments… o The day-to-day circumstances I am involved in o The people I am involved with o All brought into my life by a Sovereign God Every moment of my life I am either choosing to live for His Kingdom or for my kingdom of one. TWO KINGDOMS/TWO LIFESTYLES Kingdom of God Kingdom of Self/Satan Ministry Driven Manipulation/Me Driven His Spirit working in me vs. Indulge in sinful nature Serve God/Others Serve Self Sacrifice for God/Others What in it for me? Ruled by Love/Giving Ruled by Feelings/My Gain A. [DON’T read] Getting to the Root: 1. Just as the sun always facilitates growth, trials always facilitate responses in me. 2. Many times my fruit (the result of what is being produced in me and what is coming out of me) is really the thorns of quarrels, conflict, distress, anxiety, worry, stress, etc. 3. The root issue…the reason bad fruit is being seen in my life… is my misdirected desires. 4. What is the source of my behavior? James 4:1. From whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your lusts that war in your members? 5. Bad fruit comes from a bad root. (Luke 6:43-45) See “The Three Trees” (Upcoming lesson) B. [DON’T read] From Out of the Heart: 1. The desires from my heart shape how I act, speak, and think. [READ] Matthew 15:15-20 KJV - Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These are [the things] which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. 2 2. The things that proceed out of my mouth come from my heart. Definition: “Heart” - (Hebrew--“LEB”). INNER MAN; MIND; THINKING; WILL; AFFECTIONS (DESIRES); MOTIVES (Proverbs 4:23, 1 Samuel 16:7, Luke 16:15, Matthew 12:35) 3. In my fallen, human state, even my good desires for enjoyment of the things of this world become easily misdirected. I will be prone to: a. Worship the creation more than the Creator. b. Respond sinfully when I don’t get what I want or when I’m afraid I’ll lose what I have. Romans 1:25 KJV - Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. James 4:2 KJV - Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 4. Condition of My Heart. [THIS IS HOW MY HEART LOOKS without God ruling it. MY Heart consumed with lusts (desires, drives, pleasures)…[CAN BE DESCRIBED AS…] is described in these six ways: a. Being in a state of spiritual adultery. Many verses on this Jer 3:20, Is 1:21; 57:8 James 4:4 KJV - Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Hosea 1:1-2 KJV - …And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, [departing] from the LORD. 1) Being outside of the covenant relationship with God where I seek love, security, comfort, and pleasure in something/someone other than God. 2) When I have mixed allegiances, spiritual unfaithfulness, or a wandering heart, I am guilty of spiritual adultery. 3) The feelings of emptiness and despair are signs that I have put my trust in something/someone that can’t sustain me. b. Being a friend of the world. [James 4:4: Friend of world—enemy of God] [READ] 1 John 2:15-17 KJV - Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. c. Being hostile toward God. [Defined: enmity, alienated, hatred, opposed] Romans 8:7-8 KJV - Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. [HAVE YOU BEEN ANGRY WITH—HOSTILE TOWARD GOD?] d. Being an enemy of God. DESCRIBES UNBELIEVERS. THANKFUL FOR ROM 8:1. NO CONDEMNATION—NONE LEFT! Colossians 1:21 KJV - And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in [your] mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled Romans 5:8 KJV - But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:10 KJV - For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 3 e. Being Proud. [READ] James 4:6 KJV - But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Prideful/Humble Heart: MY HEART CAN BE DESCRIBED AS… f. Being in a state of idolatry. Idols of my heart: 1) Viewing the world through what I want. 2) Anything I desire in addition to, in place of, or more than God. 3) I’m willing to sin to get what I want or to keep from losing what I have. [read] Exodus 20:3 KJV - Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Ezekiel 14:1-11 KJV - Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them? Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols; That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols. Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn [yourselves] from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations. For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD. And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh [unto him]; That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD. Colossians 3:5 KJV - Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 4 WILL NEVER SATISFY! Heart of Idolatry: I want to: I turn to: I get more: • Feel better • Control Empty • Get relief from hurt, • Pleasure (sex, Lonely Because God is pain, suffering entertainment, Angry not enough: • Be “normal” etc.) Bitter • Get my life back • Comfort (food, Resentful • Have someone\ sleep, etc.) Discontent something change to • Ease Envious/Jealous My heart make everything ok • Possessions Discouraged searches • Fix myself • Relationships Despair/Hopeless for… • Be happy • Alcohol, drugs Self-pity • Be respected • Self-injury Withdrawn • Be appreciated • Avoiding people Suicidal thoughts • Be significant • Living by my Suicidal attempts • Be loved emotions The Bitter Heart and Its Cure: Hebrews 12:15 Questions: Examine My Heart for Idolatry: 1) Is there something that I love more than God or my neighbor? 2) What/Who do I want, desire, crave, long for, or wish for? 3) What/Who do I most worry about? 4) What/Who do I most fear? Also: What consumes by 5) What/Who “makes” me angry, frustrated, irritated? thinking day after day? 6) What/Who do I have that I’m afraid of losing? 7) What/Who do I think I need? G.
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